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Welding Operations

Mechanical Production Technician · Level 5  ·  5 Chapters

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Chapters

1
Carry out manual metal arc welding
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2
Carry out gas welding, brazing and soldering
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3
Carry out metal inert gas welding (MIG)
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4
Carry out tungsten inert gas welding (TIG)
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5
Maintain welding tools and equipment
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What Welding Operations covers: 26 main topics in 4 chapters

1. Carry out manual metal arc welding

  1. 1.1 Safety
  2. 1.2 Interpretation of working drawing
  3. 1.4 Storage of electrodes
  4. 1.5 Workpiece preparation
  5. 1.6 welding symbols and weld positions
  6. 1.7 Finishing of arc welded product
  7. 1.8 Inspection of MMAW welding

2. Carry out gas welding, brazing and soldering

  1. 2.1 Assembly of machine tools and equipment
  2. 2.2 Workpiece preparation
  3. 2.3 Gas welding equipment
  4. 2.4 Gas welding operation on a 4mm thickness workpiece
  5. 2.5 Gas cutting operation
  6. 2.6 Perform brazing operation of material up to 4mm thick
  7. 2.7 Soldering operation of steel and copper up to 4mm thickness
  8. 2.8 Finishing operations
  9. 2.9 Inspection of the welded component

3. Carry out metal inert gas welding (MIG)

  1. 3.1 MIG welding equipment and accessories (Types, uses and care)
  2. 3.2 Welding material preparation (up to 12 mm thickness)
  3. 3.3 MIG welding parameters (Setting)
  4. 3.4 Materials (up to 12 mm thickness)
  5. 3.5 Welding positions (Description and Applications)
  6. 3.6 Types of joints (Geometry and Applications)
  7. 3.7 Weld defects (Types, causes and prevention)
  8. 3.8 Finishing processes (Procedure and applications)

4. Carry out tungsten inert gas welding (TIG)

  1. 4.1 TIG welding equipment and accessories (Types, usage, care and storage)
  2. 4.2 Materials (Types and usage)

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 56 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 196 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 154 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 47 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 35 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 976 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 5 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 101 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 60 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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